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Olive wood Vessel

Had the day off and worked in the shop for a bit - I took out of soak a Olive wood vessel I turned 3 days ago. Below are pictures of the vessel out of soak and drying inside the house now in the open.

Im thinking of several coats of Formby's Tung Oil - letting dry for a week and buffing with WD and hand wax with Renaissance.........

It is a very easy wood to cut but you have to control the drying along the way because it will crack easy - as you can see in the picture I did not keep it wet and in a couple areas it cracked while i was hollowing - The next one I did after this one I kept it wet with spray bottle until i was finished with the cutting and I didnt have any cracks (that one is now soaking)

On both of them I sanded thru the grits until I reached 180 - then soaked for the 3 days and wet sanded thru 600 today - wiped down well and inside to dry now..............................

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Last edited by Dan Mosley; 09-09-2010 at 04:22 AM.

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